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Increasing pain over time after Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery
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Thanks again for your insight. Did you have both lungs or just one lung involved and was it the surgical lung? What about your oxygen levels? Mine drop below 88 with moderate exercise.
And you said you can breathe normally now? I have been compensating for so long I don't remember normal. I am not sure what I should realistically expect.
My whole story started a year ago with mild shortness of breath: (Nov) bad CT & PET scans, (Dec) angiogram & blockage, VAT surgery, (Feb) Covid, (April ) Stent , cardio rehab , BPPV issue (May), Inflammatory arthritis (Aug) Covid again (Oct) Significant increase shortness of breath, pain with deep breath, new side pain, ER-CT shows pleural effusion, high inflammation markers.
I call Mayo Rochester my winter vacation -IT IS SOUTH of Twin Cities. And nice view from the 18th floor. But my friend's home has a view of the Mediterranean. I did rebook for January, and I got a better flight at least. Now Mayo please fix me.
Local Rheumatologist does not think it is autoimmune, but gave me 6-day MethylPREDNISolone last Friday and it is not doing anything.
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Fluid was only in the left side and was the same side as the November wedge resection surgery. Oxygen during the fluid time was 94 to 97. During exercise it stayed around 94. At times it would dip to 91-93. They felt my fluid was caused by my lymphoma. I then had lymphoma treatments in Aug and Sept. I think the fluid is now gone and breathing is back to what it was prior to my last surgery. I have appointments Nov 9 for lab and CT and hematology and oncology appointments the following week.
Are they scheduling a thoracentesis for you?
There is some news about long covid. Do the doctors feel any of the breathing stems from covid?
Another thought..... months after my 2019 (right upper) lobectomy, I felt good but had that shortness of breath and feel that internal surgical recovery actually takes a long time even though I felt ok. ..... and through that long recovery, didn't exercise enough to keep the heart in shape. For me, recovery is fast for the first month or two and gradually gets better but takes a year. After that, a deep breath still feels different...on both sides.